Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-AP-POINT'MENT
DIS-AP-POINT'INGDIS-AP-PRE'CI-ATE
DIS-AP-POINT'MENT, n.
Defeat or failure of expectation, hope, wish, desire or intention; miscarriage of design or plan. We are apt to complain of the disappointment of our hopes and schemes; but disappointments often prove blessings, and save us from calamity or ruin. – Anon.
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